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Skiatook First United Methodist Church
Methodist
Messenger Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the
transformation of the world!
1007 S. Osage P.O. Box 910
Skiatook OK 74070 www.fumcskiatook.com
Email: [email protected]
918-396-2519
Fax: 918-396-7973
June 2019
Helping our Neighbors in Skiatook “If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself,’ you are
doing right.” James 2:8
Many of us are familiar with Jesus’ teaching on the parable of the Good Samaritan. This parable begins with a man asking Jesus about the greatest commandment, and Jesus replies “To love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength. And the second is this, to love your neighbor as yourself”. This parable is recounted in the three Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. What’s interesting is that the early church apparently continued to live out that understanding, and remind each other of those teachings. We see in Romans 13: 9 Paul writing “…and whatever other commands there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” We see again in Gala-tians 5:14 “For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” This command is repeated in James 2:8, and the entire third chapter of 1 John is about loving each other. This indicates to me the early church took this teaching of Jesus very seriously. The month of May has been a challenging one for residents in Oklahoma, and particularly right here in our own communi-ties of Skiatook, Avant, and Sperry. Large amounts of rain in a short amount of time caused massive flooding of Bird Creek. Rain has also caused the Arkansas River to rise, putting areas of Tulsa, Wagoner, Muskogee, Sand Springs, and others in the path of floodwaters. The Cimarron River in central OK caused flooding and massive damage in Stillwater and surrounding areas near the river. Tornadoes have caused destruction, and even death in El Reno OK and other parts of the US as the storms moved north. Now is the time to put our “love into action”. It doesn’t do much good to say “I love my neighbor”, when we don’t respond with offers of help. Our own church family had four homes severely impacted, and three that have lost almost everything. Our sister church of Avant UMC was also severely damaged. Thank you to all who have responded already with helping unload the moving truck for Tish Burrill, hauling debris to the dump, getting groceries for those displaced, mucking out the Avant UMC, mucking out Ms. Betty Holt’s home, helping Jen and David Brooks get belongings out of their home, doing laundry, providing laundry gift cards, making cash donations for flood relief, and so much more. Even as I write this now, someone from Meadowcreek Collinsville UMC is on her way to pick up 40 flood buckets for us at Asbury UMC in Tulsa. Rev. Becky Pierson of Aldersgate UMC arranged for Muslims 4 Mercy to show up and help clear out a home. This is why we are part of a connectional system in the UMC, and we never want to take that lightly. I am so proud of the way this congre-gation has already stepped up! Even our youth have responded to the call to help. It’s huge. And we see other churches and individuals in the community doing so as well. The response is amazing. This is living out the commandment, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” I am so proud to be the pastor of this congregation. There will be plenty more opportunities to help, both locally and across the state. This is long term recovery. We will have more teams forming. And teams from other places may be coming here. But you don’t have to wait to be part of a team to help! There are dozens of opportunities. If you see or hear of a need, jump right in! You don’t have to wait to be asked! And when the initial flurry of activity has calmed down, and the state moves on to the next disaster, we will still be here. Skiatook FUMC will still be here, and the OKUMC will still be here, willing to help and rebuild. How do we love our neighbors as ourselves? We serve them, and we do the things for them that we hope someone would do for us! “Love your neighbor as yourself”. (Jesus)
Blessings,
Pastor Susan
QUESTIONS? TEXT MEG: (918) 906 -0414
Misc. Happenings
Servant Spotlight
Thanks to:
Alee Fifer and Mark Boynton for being greet-ers during May
Terri Cohea for chang-ing the church sign
Lora Cartner, Sandy Kimbrough, & Pastor Susan for cleaning and rear-ranging the copy room to be more functional
To our Green Teams for keeping the grounds looking nice in spite of all the rain
To Francine Hayes for volunteering with FIX
To Mika Shelton for bringing snacks for the youth
To Terry Wilkerson and Tom Weath-ers for building a ramp for a local family
Jim Knox and Sherman Holt for tak-ing the van in for a recall repair
Nick Keeline and Tom Weathers for repairing the nursery restroom follow-ing a major leak
Gifts are given…
In memory of Gary Dunham by John and Donna Watt to the Parking Lot Fund
To the Parking Lot Fund by Maggie Galinaitis
To the Parking Lot Fund by Twig & Becky Simpson
To the Parking lot fund by Glenn & Mary Nelson
To the Parking Lot Fund by Jon & Ka’Lu Underwood
To Security by Howard & Natalie Whitley
To Missions (Youth and Flood Victims) by Kelsy Jabben Woodard
To the LAF Building Debt Relief by Glenn & Mary Nelson
To the LAF Building Debt Relief by Peck & Glendell Brown
Confirmation
Congratulations to our
Confirmands! Gabe
Hale, Aidan Shelton, Payton Haley,
Isabel Edgar, Triston Teague,
Madalynn Underwood, and Lexi
Thomas all professed their faith in
Christ today. Aidan was baptized as
well. Welcome to these newest
members of the family of God! They
are all pretty great young men and
women!
New Sunday School Class!
Beginning Sunday, July 7, we
will launch a new intergenera-
tional adult Sunday School class.
We will meet in Room 102 just
outside the sanctuary. It will be a
discussion, participatory type
class, with facilitators rather than
just one person being responsible
for “teaching.” We will begin
with a 7 week video study called
“Animate: Faith”. Each week, a
different video presenter discuss-
es a general broad topic, such as
“God: Faith is a Quest”, or
“Religion: Is ‘Spiritual Enough?”
If you are new to the church and
looking for a class, or if you have
been around for a while, but
haven’t found a class to fit, give
it a try! All are welcome to be a
part of this new group.
UMM Host Breakfast
On Sunday, June 2nd, the United Methodist Men will host breakfast from 8:30am—9:30am as a fundraiser. They will serve eggs, sausage, bacon, hash browns, and various breakfast items to help get your morning going. Cost will be a donation of your choos-ing, and net proceeds will help fund various UMM mission projects and scholarships. The UMM will take a hiatus for the summer, not meeting during the months of June, July, or August. Meetings will resume on Wednesday, September 11th at 6:30pm. All men of the church are welcome.
Welcome, New Members!
Welcome to David and
Christine (Chris) Hack-
ney as our newest
members. They have
attended for a couple
of years, but made it
official on May 26th
through professions of faith. They
have been active since they began
coming. Be sure and welcome them
when you see them around.
Welcome to Jane Loveless, who joins
Skiatook FUMC by way of transfer.
Jane has been attending for several
months and looks forward to getting
involved and sharing her time, talents,
and gifts. Please welcome Jane and
introduce yourselves!
Welcome, Summertime!
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
5/29 11:00: Yoga Lev-el 1
6:00-8:00: Youth
5/30 1:00: CHUMS’ Game Day
4:30: Chair Yoga
6:00: Level 2 Yoga
5/31 10:00: Yoga 10:30: Prayer Group
1
2 8:30: UMM Break-fast Fundraiser
9:30: Sunday School
10:30: Worship
11:45Short greeter’s meet-ing
3
11:00: level 1 yoga
6:00: Quilting Class
4
5 11:00: Yoga Lev-el 1
6-8: Youth
6 1:00: CHUMS’ Game Day 4:30Chair Yoga 6:00: Level 2 Yoga
7 10:00: Yoga
10:30: Prayer Group 3 pm: Garage Sale Setup
8
9 Camp Sun-day 9:30: Sunday School 10:30: Worship 11:45: Camp Lunch
10 11:00: level 1 yoga
6:00 pm: Quilting Class
11 10:00: UMW
12 11:00: Yoga Lev-el 1 12:30: Staff Mtg.
6:00-8:00: Youth
13 1:00: CHUMS’ Game Day 4:30: Chair Yoga
14 10:00: Yoga 10:30: Prayer Group
15
16 9:30: Sunday School 10:30: Worship
17
11:00: level 1 yoga
6:00 Quilting Class
18
19 11:00: Yoga Lev-el 1
6-8 pm Youth
20 1:00: CHUMS’ Game Day
4:30: Chair Yoga 6:00: Level 2 Yoga
21 10:00: Yoga 10:30: Prayer Group
22
23 9:30: Sunday School 10:30: Worship
30 9:30: Sunday School 10:30: Worship
24 11:00: level 1 yoga
6:00 Quilting Class
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26 11:00: Yoga Lev-el 1
6-8 pm Youth
27 1:00: CHUMS’ Game Day
4:30: Chair Yoga
6:00: Level 2 Yoga
28 10:00: Yoga 10:30: Prayer Group
29
VBS: 12:30-6:00pm
6:00-8:00: Pool Party
SIXTH GRADE CAM P
Youth Garage Sale 8-noon
DISTRICT YOUTH CAMP ————————————— ->
GROWIN’ IN GRACE CAMP
Skiatook First United Methodist Church
1007 S. Osage
P.O. Box 910
Skiatook, OK 74070
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A Special Thank You
When near historic flooding hit Oklahoma last month, there was no way to know that it would touch members of our own congregation and others we know. Calls were made requesting help, and many jumped at the opportunity. Thank you does not convey the appreciation and love felt by those who were helped.
To those who pulled up carpet, washed dishes, cut drywall, packed belongings, made trips to the dump, and countless other tasks, a special and heartfelt thank you goes out to each of you. The families you helped felt the love and the prayers through the cards, the phone calls, the food, and most of all, through your actions. A special thank you to Craig and Lisa Riggs, Tom Weathers, Mark & Patti McKin-ney, Meg Burris, Serenity, Heather, and Hermione Beene, Muslims 4 Mercy, Will Jones, Jeffrey Jones, Pastor Susan, James and Sandy Prather, Pastor Rudy Freese, and his wife Piper, Glenda Haller, Erin Davis, Tyler Wilkerson, Terry Wilkerson, Cathy Allred, Verna Linzy, Oki Darrow, Tom and Francine Hayes, Kaitlin Teague, Beverly & Jerry Dol-lar, Becky Simpson, and Gary & Linda Tucker. If you helped, but your name is not listed, please forgive us. May the Lord bless you and keep you, as you have blessed others.
With Love and Thanks...
My dear church family,
It is difficult to put into words how very thankful I am for each of you that cared for me during the loss of my son Gary! Lest I leave someone out, I won’t mention names. I have found love, thoughtfulness, and encouragement in every call, card, food item, hug, pat on the back, trav-eled mile to take me to the hospital, and words of endearment extended to us!
I was so deeply touched by the lovely power of healing warmth of the funeral services, music, luncheon, Pall Bearers, and the message of our Pastor Susan!
I have also found rest, comfort, and strength in the sanctions of GOD’s promises and peace in the arms of our church members!
In Christian Love, thank you,
Marietta Dunham